NetChoice filed a brief on Tuesday asking the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to side with a district court’s previous ruling and block the Utah attorney general from enforcing a law regulating social media and minors on First Amendment and privacy grounds.
The Vermont House on Monday passed an amended version of the age-appropriate design code, sending it back to the Senate for another vote (see 2505210046).
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday signed a law requiring app stores to verify users’ ages (see 2505210015). SB-2420 mandates that app stores obtain parental consent before a minor can download an app.
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Mississippi’s age-verification law violates the First Amendment in part because it requires the collection of personally identifying information and in turn “chills speech,” NetChoice argued Friday in a reply brief seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction (see 2505200017).
The age-verification industry this week disputed a Chamber of Progress op-ed that raised concerns with social media bills in the Connecticut legislature.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) should veto a bill requiring app stores to verify users’ ages, the president of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) wrote in a Tuesday letter to the governor.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a bill requiring social media platforms to verify ages and not allow those younger than 18 to have accounts unless their parents give consent, the governor’s office said Tuesday.
Nearing a House floor vote, Vermont’s age-appropriate design code bill still looks “generally defensible” in court, said a Vermont attorney general office staffer at a House Commerce hearing Wednesday morning. Later that day, after amending S-69 with a longer implementation period, the committee voted 10-0 to advance the measure to the House floor.
Legislators can’t address kids’ safety issues without also considering kids’ privacy issues because they're intertwined, privacy attorney Paula Bruening said Tuesday during an Innovators Network webinar.